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PLATE 1937. 
DICENTRA MACRANTHA, Oliv. 
FUMARIACER. 
y : Westie 
gibbosis haud calcaratis cum petalis interioribus lanceolatis inferne 
coalitis, capsula elongata ovali-oblonga stylo persistente coronata, 
lanceolatis corolla 4.plo brevioribus. 
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_ Seminibus sublevibus nigris nitidis hilo cristatis. 
AB. China, Prov. Hupeh, District Chienshih, ‘in a dark wood, 
only seen in one place,’ Dr. A. Henry (5846). 
Folia inferiora caulina petiolata 1-14 ped. longa atque lata ; 2 4 
mentis ultimis sepe 3-44 poll. longis c. 14 poll. latis. Flores 14-2 . ‘ 
longi, petalis (in sicco) membranaceis marcescentibus capsulam 
superantibus. 
Our only specimens of this interesting ally of the familiar D. agian 
bilis are unfortunately past the flowering stage, but the sepals an 
petals persist with but little change, sheathing the capsule until its 
maturity and dehiscence. The petals cohere about one-third of ers 
length, the slightly dilated fre lamina especially of the outer petwls 
being conspicuously pinnately veined. The outer petals are bu 
‘slightly gibbous at base-—D. OLIvER 
ns. 4. Pistil. 
Fig. 1. Sepal. 2. Corolla, laid open. 3. Phalange of stamens. 
5. Apex of style. 6. Seed and its crest. 7, Section of same. 8. Embryo. 3 and 
5-8 enlarged. 
